San Francisco (1936)
Mary Blake est une jeune chanteuse cherchant désespéremment du travail à San Francisco. Le gérant de casino Blackie Norton lui fait signer un contrat qu'elle regrette lorsqu'elle se voit offrir une place à l'Opéra Tivoli. Après une dispute avec Norton, elle rejoint la maison Tivoli de Jack Burley. Blackie menace de poursuivre Burley en justice, demande à Mary de l'épouser et arrive à la convaincre de revenir travailler pour lui. L'idylle ne dure pas et Mary le quitte à nouveau pour l'Opéra Tivoli où elle devient la tête d'affiche. Alors que sa carrière est à son apogée, un tremblement de terre frappe San Francisco et la ville n'est plus qu'un champ de ruines...
Directeur:
W.S. Van Dyke
écrivain:
Anita Loos
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Clark Gable as Blackie Norton |
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Jeanette MacDonald as Mary Blake |
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Spencer Tracy as Father Tim Mullin |
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Jack Holt as Jack Burley |
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Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Maisie Burley |
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Ted Healy as Mat |
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Shirley Ross as Trixie |
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Margaret Irving as Della Bailey |
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Harold Huber as 'Babe' |
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Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff |
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Al Shean as Professor |
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William Ricciardi as Signor Baldini |
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Kenneth Harlan as 'Chick' |
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Roger Imhof as 'Alaska' |
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Charles Judels as Tony |
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Russell Simpson as 'Red' Kelly |
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Bert Roach as Freddie Duane |
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Warren Hymer as Hazeltine |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Albani (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Drunk's Girl (uncredited) |
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Irving Bacon as Picnicker (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Margaret Bert as Salvation Army Nurse (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited) |
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G. Pat Collins as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Nigel De Brulier as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Vernon Dent as Fat Man (uncredited) |
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Tom Dugan as Drunk (uncredited) |
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John George as Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited) |
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D.W. Griffith as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) |
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Bronislau Kaper as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Frank Mayo as Dealer (uncredited) |
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Tom McGuire as Bartender (uncredited) |
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John 'Skins' Miller as Man on Stretcher (uncredited) |
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James Murray as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as New Year's Celebrant (uncredited) |
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Lillian Rich as Nun (uncredited) |
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William Ripley Dorr as Choir (uncredited) |
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Jason Robards Sr. as Father (uncredited) |
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Frank Sheridan as Founders' Club Member (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Ben Taggart as Cop (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Vernon as New Years Eve Reveler (uncredited) |
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Rosemary Theby as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Earthquake Survivor (Uncredited) |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Director |
| Writing | Anita Loos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert E. Hopkins | Story |
| Art | Harry McAfee | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | John Emerson | Producer |
| Production | Bernard H. Hyman | Producer |
| Production | W.S. Van Dyke | Producer |
| Sound | Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Music |
| Camera | Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tom Held | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Hoffman | Sequence Artist |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Writing | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Writer |
| Directing | Joseph M. Newman | Assistant Director |